Earthmen & Strangers: Inside Their Kitschy Retro Wonderland

Welcome to The Grand Tour, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com takes you inside practice spaces, tour vans and seedy apartments occupied by Phoenix-area bands.This week we give you a look inside the vintage movie-poster adorned practice space of Tempe/Yuma post-punk band Earthmen & Strangers. If you would like your band featured, tweet @PHXmusicdotcom.

Earthmen & Strangers leader Ryan Rousseau isn't much of a talker. Actually, he's known about town for being notoriously demure. Visiting his cozy Tempe abode, it's clear that he's just got other stuff on his mind: the walls are lined with books, records, vintage movie posters and assorted memorabilia. Rousseau's as busy as he is quiet, too. This weekend, he'll reunite with his legendary punk combo The Wongs at the second annual Sundown Showdown, an event held at the Yucca Tap Room which Rousseau curates himself. His main band, Earthmen & Strangers will play as too, and will be debuting two records: a brand new seven inch on Perfectly Round Recordsand the latest Sailor Jerry music compilation, featuring Earthmen as well as King Khan & BBQ Show, Thomas Function, The Oh-Sees and Mariachi El Bronx.